Nursing Associate - Community

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Qualified Nursing Associate to work within Oldham Community Integrated Health and Social Care Teams.

The Nursing Associate in the community is a valued member of the team, working closely with the integrated team to provide care and education to patients on the community caseload. The Nursing Associate will be supported in providing care by the wider nursing team. They will have a list of their own patients that are under the care of the district nurses and will provide care for a variety of reasons, such as catheter care, wound care, medication administration.

All staff are provided with a robust local induction and competency document, alongside additional support from the practice education and specialist nurse teams.

Main duties of the job

The post holders will support  clinical practice in the wider Adult Community Nursing Service by:

• Keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments.
• Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures.
• Ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process
• Supporting  learning in both formal and informal settings in order to support the on-going development of staff in clinical practice.

You will be supported in this role and will have opportunities for continuing professional development in a busy and rapidly developing service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/